I found a site dMarie Time Capsule (dMarie Time Capsule) that gave me some interesting information for any date you specify. According to the chart June 1929 Prices under US President Herbert Hoover: Bread: $0.09/loaf Milk: $0.58/gal Eggs: $0.48/doz Car: $525 Gas: $0.25/gal House: $7,246 Stamp: $0.02/ea Avg Income: $1,582/yr DOW Avg: 248 So, $50 would have been a handsome sum. I have a $5 stipend for a funeral at St. Therese Church in 1930. It makes for an interesting addition to the notes for people in my family. Popular songs, headlines, other bits of trivia are available. Ellen SReif1956@comcast.net wrote: >Here's a question for all of you economics majors: > >I found the notation for the funeral mass of my Great Grandfather, Carmelo Pitti, in the records for Our Lady Help of Christians Church. There was a mention that the family had made a donation to the church in the amount of $50. This was in June of 1929. What would that $50 be worth by today's economic standards? > >Anyone want to take a guess? I do not know, myself, but I think that $50 was probably quite a nice sum. > >Sharon > > >==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== >A complete Genealogy just can't be...there's always more. > > __________________________________________________________________ McAfee VirusScan Online from the Netscape Network. Comprehensive protection for your entire computer. Get your free trial today! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/computing/mcafee/index.jsp?promo=393397 Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 free of charge. Download Now! http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=380455